Hare’s Ear Otidea onotica (Pers.) Fuckel syn. Peziza onotica Pers. (illustrated 40% life size) Cup 2–6cm wide, 3–10cm high, lopsided, irregularly ear-shaped, attached to substrate by a short, indistinct whitish stalk; inner surface ochraceous, flushed pinkish, outer similarly coloured, slightly scurfy. Flesh white; thin. Spores 12–13×5–6¼, broadly elliptical, containing 2 oil drops. Asci 250×10¼, not blued by iodine. Paraphyses slender, curved at tip. Habitat in soil in deciduous or mixed woodland; autumn. Occasional. Not edible.
